Half Full Quotes - Page 2

Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering.

Becca Fitzpatrick

Life, Ignorance, Suffering

Becca Fitzpatrick (2011). “Silence”, p.113, Simon and Schuster

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You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful for the glass.

Richard Paul Evans

Grateful, Thinking, Glasses

Richard Paul Evans (2012). “Miles to Go: The Second Journal of the Walk Series”, p.314, Simon and Schuster

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I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,” I told her. Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: “It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring.

Bill Cosby

Drinking, Grandmother, Glasses

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She was a level-headed woman who saw the glass as neither half empty nor half full, but rather a glass with something in it and room to pour in more.

Joanne Fluke

Glasses, Half, Levels

Joanne Fluke (2011). “Apple Turnover Murder Bundle with Key Lime Pie Murder, Cherry Cheesecake Murder, and Lemon Meringue Pie Murder”, p.51, Kensington Books

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I picked up my mocha and stood. The cup was still almost half-full, but I didn't want it anymore. Besides, it was now luke-warm. Which meant I didn't have to worry if it was scalding him when I tossed the remains in Ethan's face.I think Finn might have craked a smileas he held the door open for me, but I wasn't sure.

Jenna Black

Thinking, Doors, Worry

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And you? Did you find the doorknob?” Hadrian picked up a jug and downed several swallows, drinking so quickly some of the water dripped down his chin. He poured some in his palm and rinsed his face, running his fingers through his hair. “I didn’t even get close enough to see a door.” “Well, look on the bright side”—Hadrian smiled—“at least you weren’t captured and condemned to death this time.” “That’s the bright side?” “What can I say? I’m a glass-half-full kinda guy.

Michael J. Sullivan

Running, Drinking, Glasses

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I came from Bill Blass, where it was a well-oiled machine and if I said I needed a fabric, it was done. Now, I have to budget everything. I have to take on the role not just as a designer but a business. But Im a glass half-full kind of guy.

Prabal Gurung

Glasses, Guy, Roles

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I never look at the glass as half empty or half full. I look to see who is pouring the water and deal with them.

Mark Cuban

Inspirational, Glasses, Water

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Stop asking if the glass is half full or half empty. Instead ask "What's in it? How did it get there? What can I do with it?"

David Kaufman

Glasses, Asking, Half

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Pessimists, we're told, look at a glass containing 50% air and 50% water and see it as half empty. Optimists, in contrast, see it as half full. Engineers, of course, understand the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

Bob Lewis

Glasses, Air, Water

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People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.

Louis Zamperini

Believe, Glasses, People

Louis Zamperini, David Rensin (2014). “Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life”, p.6, Harper Collins

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If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table?

Brad Thor

Glasses, Half Empty, Doe

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My kids and I figured out that there’s a third kind of person, and I don’t know what you call them, but it’s somebody who sees that the glass is always full because it’s half full with water and half full with nothing, so that’s the third kind of person. I don’t know what it is.

Louis C. K.

Kids, Glasses, Water

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There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have.

Goldie Hawn

Inspirational, Wise, Grateful

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An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.

Oscar Wilde

Glasses, Optimism, Needs

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My mother, because of her life, had almost a contradictory way of viewing life. She had this great zest and joy for life and I think that I have that. The glass is always half full for me.

Sherry Lansing

Mother, Thinking, Glasses

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We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet.

Steve King

Glasses, America, Half

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Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism

Criss Jami

Inspirational, Optimistic, Positivity

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.91, Criss Jami

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I always see the glass as half full and prefer to look on the bright side of life.

Alli Simpson

Glasses, Looks, Half

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Age-old question: Is the glass half empty or half full? Answer: Who cares? Does it really matter whether the glass is half full or half empty? The issue is whether it quenches your thirst.

Larry Winget

Glasses, Issues, Age

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My life is only half full
When I receive.
My heart is completely full
Only when I give.

Sri Chinmoy

Heart, Giving, Half

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It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full. Be grateful you have a glass - your the only person that can decide what's in it.

Gurbaksh Chahal

Grateful, Glasses, Half

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When faced with the inevitable, you always have a choice... As I learned during my liberal arts education, any symbol can have, in the imaginative context, two versions, a positive and a negative... If you spill your milk you're left with a glass which is either half empty or half full... You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try it and see.

Margaret Atwood

Inspirational, Graduation, Art

"Attitude". Margaret Atwood's commencement address at the University of Toronto, Canada, www.humanity.org. June 14, 1983.

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The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

Boyle Roche

Half, Cups, Misery

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A thankful heart is never half-full or half-empty, but always overflowing with love.

Wes Fesler

Heart, Thankfulness, Half

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